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Builders & Renovation in Kensington

Premium construction and renovation in Kensington — extensions, loft and basement conversions, kitchens, bathrooms and full refurbishments, managed end to end from our Harefield base.

Construction & renovation in Kensington

Your local builder in Kensington

Kensington is a short run from our Harefield base, and we work across the Royal Borough's grand stucco terraces, red-brick mansions and garden squares. Most of what we do here sits within tight heritage limits, so we plan carefully and build cleanly. Basement conversions, loft conversions and roofing are the work homeowners ask us for most, and each one starts with the borough's planning regime, not against it.

Almost the whole of Kensington falls under conservation control, with thousands of listed buildings and a strict basement policy. We handle the consent process with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, prepare the structural method statements a basement dig needs, and keep neighbours and party-wall matters in order on continuous terraces. The result is work that holds up to the borough's standards and to the value of the house it sits in.

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Building in Kensington

We tailor every project to the homes, ground and planning context of Kensington — here's what that means in practice.

The homes we work on here

  • Grand white stucco Regency and Victorian terraces, with solid masonry behind lime render that needs ongoing upkeep.
  • Red-brick Queen Anne and Pont Street Dutch mansions, and formal garden squares throughout W8 and SW7.
  • Edwardian mansion blocks with shared structure, period services and real lateral-conversion potential.
  • Ornate cornicing, sash windows and slate-and-lead roofs, with almost no post-war stock to speak of.

What Kensington homeowners ask us to solve

  • Single-storey basements dug into London Clay, designed within the Royal Borough's post-2015 limit of one storey under no more than half the garden.
  • Stucco facade cracking, damp and render failure on solid walls, restored with lime render rather than patched over.
  • Listed-building and conservation consent for almost any external change, across the borough's many conservation areas.
  • Party-wall complexity on continuous stucco terraces, and limescale from very hard Thames water on heating and wet systems.
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Why Kensington homeowners choose us

What sets us apart in Kensington isn't a sales pitch — it's knowing the homes, the ground and the planning here, and building accordingly.

Compliant basements, not banned double-digs

We design single-storey basements into the London Clay within the Royal Borough's post-2015 rules, with the structural method statements the council requires.

Stucco done in lime, not cement

We restore cracked and failing stucco facades with lime render and repair cornices and balustrades to the standard the Royal Borough expects on its render terraces.

Conservation consent handled

With most of Kensington under conservation control and thousands of listed buildings, we manage the listed-building and consent process before the first brick moves.

Neighbour-sensitive on terraces

On continuous stucco terraces we sequence party-wall matters and site logistics so the work stays clean and the neighbours stay onside.

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Yes. Kensington is within our core coverage across West London and the Home Counties, and we take on extension, conversion, renovation and maintenance projects there regularly.

We're based in Harefield, within easy reach of Kensington. We cover Kensington and the surrounding area as standard.

Yes — we prepare and manage planning and building-regulations applications with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on your behalf, as part of our design-and-build service.

Yes. Once we've discussed your project we're happy to share references and examples of comparable work in and around Kensington.

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